Harry Warren

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Harry Warren

AKA Salvatore Anthony Guaragna

Born: 24-Dec-1893
Birthplace: Brooklyn, NY
Died: 22-Sep-1981
Location of death: Los Angeles, CA [1]
Cause of death: Kidney failure
Remains: Buried, Westwood Memorial Park, Los Angeles, CA

Gender: Male
Religion: Roman Catholic
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Composer, Songwriter

Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Forty-Second Street

Military service: US Navy (WWI)

[1] Cedars-Mt. Sinai Hospital, Los Angeles, CA.

Father: Anthony Guaragna ("Anthony Warren", boot maker)
Mother: Rachel De Luca
Wife: Josephine Wensler (m. 19-Dec-1917, until his death, one son, one daughter)
Son: Harry, Jr. (b. 1919, d. 1938)
Daughter: Joan (b. 1925)

High School: Commercial High School, Brooklyn, NY (dropped out)

Oscar for Best Music Original Song 1936 for "Lullaby of Broadway" (shared)
Oscar for Best Music Original Song 1944 for "You'll Never Know" (shared)
Oscar for Best Music Original Song 1947 for "On the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe" (shared)
Songwriters Hall of Fame 1971
Risk Factors: Gout

FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR
A Very Honorable Guy (5-May-1934)

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